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(ModeL) GAR COUPLING. No. 263,215. Patented Aug.22, 1882.

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BENJAMIN M.'PULLIAM, OF TOLONO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF I AND JOHND. PULLIAM, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,215, dated August22, 1882. Application filed January 23, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom, itmay concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. PULLIAM, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at T0- lono, in the county of Ohampaign andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsinGar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section thereof. -Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thecoupling-link and its connections, and Fig. Lisa similar view of one ofthe levers for operating the coupling.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovements in carcouplings; and the object thereof istoimprove theconstruction and operation of the same, whereby the cars can be morereadily and effectually coupled and uncoupled. These objects I attain bythe construction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the platform of a car, to theend of which is connected the draw-head B.

The coupling-link G is formed at its rear or inner end with an inclinedextension, a. At the upper side of thelink, and underneath, upon oneside of the link, is a plate, D, having inclined slots 1) 0. Upon eachside and at the rear or inner end of the link 0 are pins cl, projectinghorizontally therefrom, which enter guide-grooves-c upon the inner sidesof the drawhead B.' The hooked end of a rod,f, enters the slots 1) 0, aswill be hereinafter more fully described, the inner end ofsaid rod beingloosely connected to one end of an arm, 9. The opposite end of the armyis suitably connected to a rod, E, arranged horizontally under theplatform A, said rod having handles it for operating it upon either sideof the car. A rod,F, may also be employed, said rod being connected to abar, t, which in turn is connected to the rod E by a set-screw or othersuitable means. This rod F may extend up to the top of the car inconvenient reach, thereby enabling the cars to be coupled or uncoupledfrom the top as well as the sides thereof.

In removing and inserting the link 0 the rodf must rise with it andabove the end of the guide-post 7a to allow of therod to be moved to oneside to disengage the hooked end thereof with the slots in the plate D,when the link 0 can be removed. In replacing the link 0 the end of therod fshould be first engaged with the slots in the plate D and carrieddown with it until the pins (1 rest at the bottom of the guide-groovesc.

It will be seen that the rear end of the link G is of peculiar shape,and when in the drawhead B, and not coupled with the adjoining oropposite draw-head, it hangs perpendicular, and the hooked end of therod f engages with the slot 0 in the plate D, as is also the case whenthe link is brought to a'horizontal position when making coupling, asshownin Fig. 2. This position of the link 0 is effected by the turningof the rod E either by the rod F or handles Jr, said handles beingconnected by set-screws or any other suitable means to the rod E, and,through its connections with the link by the rodfand arm g, the linkis'bronght to the position as hereinbetore described, and remains sountil it is uncoupled. When the coupling of the cars is efl'ected andthe handles released by the operator they will hang down in aperpendicular position by their own gravity, and when they start down,the coupling-link being in a horizontal position, the hooked end of therod f will move down into the slot b. In this position, whenit isdesired to uncouple the cars, the handles h, when elevated asheretofore, will raise the link from its horizontal position anddisengage itfrom the opposite draw-head, the peculiar form of the slotsb c, in connection with the rodf, enabling this operation of the link tobe effected.

The plate a, or,in other words, the hook, enables the common links orthose in general use to be coupled by passing over the end of the hook.

Having now fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The coupling-link 0, having plateD, with In testimony that I claimthe above I have 10 slots b c, in combination with the rod f, 0011-hereunto subscribed my name in the presence structed to operatesubstantially as and for of two witnesses. the purpose set forth.

2. The draw-head B, having guide-slots e, BENJAMIN MILLARD PULLIAM.guide-post 70,21nd the rod f, in combination with the link 0, havingpins (1, and plate D, Witnesses: with slots 1) 0, substantially as andfor the pur- JOHN D. PULLIAM, pose specified. WILLIAM PULLIAM.

